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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Disney Males and Video of the Month

Hey Gang!

Mattel doesn't do many male face sculptures all at once. As a matter of fact,
there are currently more male face sculptures in all Mattel's lines now than
ever. Right now in their Barbie playline ( not including Gamer) there is one
Ken face sculpture (some with different hair), two AA face sculptures
(one an old and one new), and one the have not given a background.

In contrast because of movie merchandising, Disney has always had more
and different head sculptures released at the same time. There is normally
a male character for each female lead character.

In the beginning of my doll collecting, the of the first males
I purchased was not Mattel Ken but a Disney male by Mattel.

Yes this guy Kocoum. On a new body and named Bison Most of the first Disney
male doll available in toy store were made by Mattel for Disney back then. He is still my favorite but he does have some competition!

And in the beginning, I was skeptical of Disney dolls especially the one not made

by Mattel! I didn't really like them. I thought their heads were too big and their eyes

were too cartoonish! Yep, Disney had balloon head dolls before Mattel did them.

Disney Bell

Mattel Fashion Fever

I didn't think Kocoum was made that way! His head is not so large and maybe because
he was a serious character, he doesn't look so cartoonish! Mattel with Disney has done one
of the few Native American male doll or indigenous male dolls....

I have slowly been worn down! I guess it started with Li Shang and Naveen. There
are just so few male fashion dolls and fewer ethic male dolls that I add Disney males
to expand my collection. I hate having single female dolls around. They seem lonely.

Li ShangDisney store and Mattel side by side.

Naveens!
Disney and Mattel.

I even purchased a new Li Shang with molded hair. I will make him a brother.

After purchasing the Mattel version of these male dolls, I started looking at

the Disney store versions and purchased them too! Mattel only came out with one Asian!
Thank goodness there have been AA Ken/Stevens and others.

I have added Lucas to my collection! Yes, that is the name that I have given him.

He is Disney Prince Philip!

I might change his body but not right now!

I might want to do what pseudanoymous did from Flickr did body wise but I really

have plans to do what he did to Flynn Riderhair. For now I only have the doll!

I also purchase a Frozen Kristoff.

The doll they sold in the stores had the molded on clothes but the eye looked
forward. The Disney store doll had clothes you could take off but it was side

glancing. As you might know, side glancing is not my favorite! I got both at
thrift stores thinking the heads would be interchangeable but they were not the
same complexion nor do that have the same neck knob.

I have come across many Captain Phoebus doll!

They make great body donors for darker complexion 70's, 80's and 90's.

I has used him for Kocoum. He is a good match but I like the liker AA

body for him even better.

I decided to give him a repaint and make him a Native American. His facial

features work to me. The hair and the eye color were wrong though.

Gopan!

He was asked by Running Bear to preform the Cleansing Ceremony for the longhouse.

I do like that Disney has a lot of character male dolls, so you can at least get some diversity in your male doll collection. I am not, however, overly happy with the body articulation, so I do tend to rebody them if I intend to use them as main characters. Their heads are a little on the larger side though. I liked the older ones made by Mattel for Disney better.

I liked the video of the cleansing ceremony too and I like your repaint of Captain Phoebus too. Great job!

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About Me

I am a collector of Black Barbie dolls, Barbie dolls, fashion dolls and action figures. I had a large doll collection as a child that even included a black Francie and a Julia doll. Once I became older, I still loved dolls but didn’t play with them as much. One day, in a cleaning fit, my mother trashed all my dolls.
I had not thought much about Barbie and the dolls I had for a long time. Then one holiday season I worked part-time stocking the Barbie isles in the old Kiddie City in Center City Philadelphia. I saw all the wonderful new Barbie dolls and the wonderful fashion dolls that were for sale. My love for Barbie was back! Now… I’m trying to replace the dolls I have lost and am adding a few new friends along the way. I have replaced my Julia. She is my favorite!! I don’t think I can afford an original black Francie yet. Maybe one day soon! I have a reproduction. There are some really great dolls out there. Join me on my journey to find them and have some doll fun! For more about my interest, check out this link:http://i-luv-dolls.blogspot.com/2012/05/my-interview-answers.html
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